Fabiano Massimi was born in Modena in 1977. A graduate in Philosophy between Bologna and Manchester, after working as a translator and consultant for some of Italy's leading publishing houses, he now directs Formigine libraries and teaches creative writing in the university program of the Holden School.
For Longanesi, he published L'angelo di Monaco (2020) and I demoni di Berlino (2021), two historical thrillers translated into numerous languages that earned him, among others, the Asti d'Appello prize in Italy and the Prix des Lecteurs in France.